Unknown to all but a handful of boaters and the stray
fisherman is one of the most compelling panoramas in Buffalo. From the old jumping
off point of the South Michigan Ave. lift bridge, the adventurous tourist can see,
during sailing season. a long stretch of water bordered on one side by the lined
up masts of a multitude of sailboats and on the other by the heroic bulk of the Great
Northern and general Mills elevators

With luck, a huge lake freighter will belong to the Kinsman Lines of Cleveland. The
ships of the Kinsman fleet are all nearly 100 feet long and sport a large S on their
green field on their smokestacks. (The S is for Henry Steinbrenner, father of George
of New York Yankee infamy, and a long-time principal of Kinsman.)

The west bank of the City Ship Canal is also the only place, besides the water itself,
where the earthly remains of the great Dakota elevator can be seen.